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The Cast Of Amonitillado Analysis
The Cast of Amonitillado by Edgar Allen Poe is a short stories that he wrote about a young man by the name of Montresor whom wants to venture out and seek the thrill of revenge but not put him self in risk so has someone else do it by guiding him the right was so this perons puts him in the right dricition for him to seek his revenge with out geting him in to any sticky sistuations

"the thounsand injuries of fortunaton i had borne as best as i could but when he ventured upon insult i vowed revenge' in thos qoute is dose not relate to whom he is taling to in fortuato has never been described. Fortunato contemplates his desire for his revenage and his plan to 'not only punish,but punish with impunity.' that is.to punish Fortunato without the being caught or punish himself.his detemind not to act in secrecy,for fortunato must know that his pain is handed to him by Montresor.

Fortunato has no idea that montressor is angry with him.Montreor has given no hint of w.when montresor he see one of his freinds on the streets one evening during the carnival season fortunaton but for fortunaton has no suspicious montersor second-degree questioning to come withj himand sample a large cask of amontillando.is a type of wine which he has just purchased he is proud of his abilty to recongnized good wine and he is
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the servants are enjoying the carvnival and no one sees them enter they descend a long winding staircase to the wine cellar and catacombs the dark and damp tunnels and caverns beneath the palazzo when generation after generation have been laid to rest.as they walk on they passpiles of bones and piles of casks.intermingled in the passagway .Montresor fusses over Forunato's healthand his schedule knowing that the more he suggests fortunato give ups the quest the more his companion will be dertmined to see it

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